Chopper Chick Crew Pink Ribbon Chopper Build A Huge Success

Vivian "Gypsy" Charros, Joann Bortles, Kate O'SHea, Katie Putman, Jayme Gray, Athena "Chickie" Ransom and Jena Lewis

March 3, 2007-Daytona, FLA-The Chopper Chick Crew, a dedicated, all-female
team of bike builders, built a chopper in seven hours and 13 minutes on
March 8th and 9th at the Daytona International Speedway and donated it to
the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The build was a complete success and
the Crew couldn't be happier about the results. The bike was shipped,
courtesy of Harley-Davidson Shipping, to the foundation after it was
finished. The Pink Ribbon Chopper will be used for fund raising, or any
other medium that raises awareness and funding to help the foundation toward
its goals. The Pink Ribbon Chopper is the second bike the crew has built for
Breast Cancer, but the first for the foundation.

Built in front of a live audience, the Pink Ribbon Chopper is a long lean
hard tail in white with a pink ribbon painted on the gas tank and a pink
rear fender in the shape of a ribbon. The chopper also has wheels with huge
pink ribbons as spokes. "We are just so excited that the build went off as
well as it did, but we couldn't have done it without our sponsors. So many
people gave their time and energy to this amazing project. We are very
grateful. I was surrounded with the best crew any builder could have and I
am blessed to have so many wonderful friends who are passionate about what
we as BIKERS represent" said Athena Ransom, one of the Crew.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation's response to this generous act,
"Bravo!!! This is a standing ovation for ALL you gals. You must be very
tired after all that incredible work. It looks just GREAT! You could not
have made us here at NBCF any prouder to be associated with such caring,
loving, and compassionate people. Simply the best. You are loved." The
Chopper Chick Crew wish to give extra special thanks to the men who
graciously treated us like queens while we worked; Don Ransom (Mr.
Wonderful) of Vagabond Chopper Company, Chad (Kentucky) Booher of Vagabond
Chopper Company, Berry Wardlaw of Accurate Engineering, Rogue (Media
Extraordinaire) of www.BikerRogue.com, Axel Froyd and Phil Petress, both of
Vagabond Chopper Company, Charlie Bretchel of www.CharlieBretchel.com, Don
Little (Kate O'Shea's Brother), Ken Conte of Rise Above Consulting, Contos
of Crossroads Magazine and Jay Allen of The Broken Spoke Saloon. These
gentlemen are heroes to us always and we love and respect them for the
incredible men they are. Stay tuned to the website
www.chopperchickcrew.comfor information about the future promotions of
the "Pink Ribbon Chopper" and
remember, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month.


The sponsors of this event were Harley-Davidson Shipping, Bikernet.com,
Leroy-Thompson Choppers, Manatee River Harley-Davidson, Cool Cat Tattoo,
Crazy Horse Painting, Metzeler, Barnett Performance Products, Stinger Custom
Cycle, Shortyinc.com, Vagabond Chopper Co, Jaybrake, RT's North Hills Cycle,
Rise Above Consulting, Mitch Bergeron Customs, S&S, Paul Yaffee Originals,
Redneck Eng, Motor Maids Inc., International Master Bike Builders
Association, Detroit Bros, WomenRidersNow.com, Stevenson's Cycle,
Gardner-Westcott Company, Lucas Oil, Custom Chrome, Bruce Rossmeyer Harley
Davidson, Original KD's and Daytona International Speedway.

The Chicks Crew consists of Athena Ransom of Vagabond Chopper Co., who has
been around motorcycles her entire life and riding since she was seven;
Joann Bortles of Crazy Horse Painting, an award winning painter whose work
has been featured in magazines like Easyriders, Ironworks, and American
Iron; Jayme Gray from Pussy Cat Choppers, an avid motorcyclist with a degree
from MMI and extensive V-Twin experience; Katie Putman from Mitch
Bergeron's, an MMI degree holder with tons of mechanical and building
experience; Kate O'Shea another MMI degree holder and builder from Manatee
River Harley Davidson and Vivian "Gypsy" Charros of Gypsy Highway Custom a
creative, self taught, builder

The NBCF mission is to save lives by increasing awareness of breast cancer
through education, and by providing mammograms for those in need. The NBCF
works with health care organizations in places like Los Angeles, New York
City, and Puerto Rico to provide underserved women with access to
information about breast cancer and free mammograms. The founder and
president of The NBCF is Janelle Hall, a breast cancer survivor of
twenty-five years, who relates to women with compassion, understanding, and
inspiration as she conducts public educational programs across the nation.
To learn more about the NBCF, visit them online at
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org.

Every twelve minutes a woman in America dies of breast cancer. This year
more than 211,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,000 will
die. One in six women either have breast cancer or will develop breast
cancer in her lifetime. 1600 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and
400 will die this year. If detected early, the five-year survival rate is
95%. Mammograms are the best early detection methods, yet 13 million women
40 years of age and older have never had a mammogram. Support The National
Breast Cancer Foundation today and give the gift of hope to those in need.